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on bilious and now

I have had in turn every temperament; phlegmatic in my infancy; sanguine in my youth; later on, bilious; and now I have a disposition which engenders melancholy, and most likely will never change.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

of beginning a new

“I did have an idea of beginning a new life with that money in Moscow or, better still, abroad.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

or built a new

He bore it as well as he could, and when he picked himself up, winter had come, and he was settled in bachelor's quarters, as modest as those of a clerk in the Departments, far out on G Street, towards Georgetown, where an old Finn named Dohna, who had come out with the Russian Minister Stoeckel long before, had bought or built a new house.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

or birds and not

[The Two Brothers I have mentioned are bound by the tenure of their office to supply the Kaan's Court from October to the end of March with 1000 head of game daily, whether of beasts or birds, and not counting quails; and also with fish to the best of their ability, allowing fish enough for three persons to reckon as equal to one head of game.]
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

of blood at nose

[4249] If there have been any suppression or stopping of blood at nose, or haemorrhoids, or women's months, then to open a vein in the head or about the ankles.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

opponents but as no

A two days’ march 226 from the place where he had crossed the Padus brought Hannibal to the neighbourhood of the enemy; and on the third day he drew out his army for battle in full view of his opponents: but as no one came out to attack, he pitched his camp about fifty stades from them.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

only but also nôn

no, none , nûllus, -a, -um ( § 109 ) no one , nêmô, nûllîus nor , neque or nec not , nôn not even , nê ... quidem not only ... but also , nôn sôlum ...
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

of business a numerous

But, in order to determine through what channel this general control may most expediently be exercised, and what portion of the business of government the representative assembly should hold in its own hands, it is necessary to consider what kinds of business a numerous body is competent to perform properly.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

of been a noble

He got to Spokane finally and sneaked round to a friend that had a laundry; and this friend must of been a noble soul.
— from Ma Pettengill by Harry Leon Wilson

other by a number

For this reason it has been found necessary to wind round the mouths of these romantic valleys, which are guarded and shut off from each other by a number of formidable and noble headlands, foremost among which ranks the beautiful Garron Point.
— from A Child of the Glens; or, Elsie's Fortunes by Edward N. Hoare

on board a neighbouring

He came to us every now and then, appeared to sympathize with our distress, and, by and bye, pointed out his wife and children on board a neighbouring junk.
— from A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas by Fanny Loviot

of baits as namely

And this Eel, of which I have said so much to you, may be caught with divers kinds of baits: as namely, with powdered beef; with a lob or garden worm; with a minnow; or gut of a hen, chicken, or the guts of any fish, or with almost anything, for he is a greedy fish.
— from The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton

occasion but a not

He agreed entirely that no principle was established by the treaty, but that the throwing of dice or drawing of lots was not a new invention on that occasion, but a not uncommon method in arbitrations.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

of blood although not

This amelioration, these momentary cures, produced by blood-letting, are to be explained in such cases by saying that the quantity of blood, although not so great in fat as in thin people, is impeded in its circulation, and that loss of blood, by still further diminishing the quantity, facilitates for a while its passage through the blood-vessels.
— from Obesity, or Excessive Corpulence: The Various Causes and the Rational Means of Cure by J.-F. (Jean-François) Dancel

of business are no

My ideas of business are no doubt old-fashioned, but the fundamental principles do not change from generation to generation, and sometimes I think that our quick-witted American business men, whose spirit and energy are so splendid, do not always sufficiently study the real underlying foundations of business management.
— from Random Reminiscences of Men and Events by John D. (John Davison) Rockefeller

occasion by a native

They were, as has become the custom in Egypt since the army has been officered by the Queen's soldiers, played into quarters on this occasion by a native Soudanese band to the swinging tune of "O, dem Golden Slippers."
— from Khartoum Campaign, 1898; or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Bennet Burleigh

Ootah built a new

Near her winter home, Ootah built a new igloo for Annadoah, and never was one made with more infinite patience and greater care.
— from The Eternal Maiden by T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré

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